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limited to the Alps of Central Europe, is an unexpected extension 

 of its distribution. I may add that I was never on Ben Lawers so 

 late in the year, and this season again is much earlier. The bright 

 sunlight, too, which caused its flowers to open and thus made the 

 plant more conspicuous was a fortunate factor. Further details of 

 the plant and its distribution will follow if, as I hope, it is correctly 

 identified. G. CLARIDGE DRUCE. 



Stellaria palustris, Retz. [" Fl. Scand. Prod."], ed. 2 (1795), 

 p. 106. S. glanca, With., " Arr. Brit. PI.," ed. 3. vol. ii. (1796), 

 p. 420. Scottish botanists should look out for this. 



Stellaria Dilleniana, Moench, "En. PI. Hass.," 1777, t. 6, 

 p. 214. 



6". glauca, With., var. virens, Meyer, " Ch. Hann.," 1836, 

 p. 198. 



S. palustris, Retz, var. viridis, Fries., Mant. iii. 1842, p. 191. 

 Richter gives the synonym S. flacdda, Peterm., " Fl. Lips.," 

 1834, p. 324. Found by Dr. Williams in a meadow near Walton - 

 on-Thames Bridge (but on the Surrey side) in Middlesex. The 

 plant differs from palustris in being green (not glaucous), its cymes 

 1-2 flowered, and its late period of flowering, August to October; it 

 is in full flower when palustris is well over. 



I have it from Surrey near Moulsy Hurst (H. C. Watson, 1847), 

 and A. Bennett, Sept. 1869; Flegg Burgh Fen, E. Norfolk, August 

 1880, A. Bennett; and I believe a specimen from Newton 

 Stewart, Wigtown, 7, 1897, J. M' Andrew, belongs to S. Dilleniana : 

 but it is too poor to decide on. 



In Scotland, Perth and Stirling appear to be its northern limits ; 

 but in Finnish Lapland it occurs up to 67 25' N. Lat., 1 in Russian 

 Lapland to 68 50' (Saelen) ; in Sweden north to Yestermanlands 

 Ian ; the var. micropetala, Krok, in Smaland, and Upland, Neuman, 

 ("Sverges Fl.," 1901, p. 535,), merely notices it as " f. Dilleniana, 

 (Moench)." 



Dr. Williams ' 2 considers that if this is placed as a species, then 

 the species should bear the name S. Dilleniana, and palustris should 

 become the variety. If placed under palustris it becomes 6". palus- 

 tris, Retz, var. Dilleniana, Blytt, " Norges Flora," 1876, p. 1049. 

 But perhaps this is a case where a sub-species may be adopted, and 

 S. palustris, sub-species Dilleniana (Moench) used. A. BENNETT. 



Stratiotes aloides in Haddingtonshire. As this plant is rare 

 in Scotland and does not appear to have been recorded from 

 Haddingtonshire, I may state that I found it in some abundance 

 in a pool in a wood between Haddington and Morham on i6th 

 August 1909. W. EDGAR EVANS, Edinburgh. 



1 Wainio, "Lap. Fl. Lap. Finland" (1891), p. 61. 

 ' "Journ. of Botany " (1910), p. 223. 



